The first step for BYU was to address vehicle security and parking. When electronic barriers on gated parking lots began to fail, and sticker permit costs kept rising, BYU sought to upgrade its system to the latest advancement in parking technology by implementing an automatic license plate recognition system (ALPR). After researching ALPR solutions, Goodman and the team at BYU chose GenetecTM AutoVuTM, the license plate recognition system of Security Center. The GenetecTM security platform unifies video surveillance, access control, ALPR, and other third-party systems such as intrusion detection, in one intuitive solution.